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Originally Posted by leekwantew
Is BCS mall worth going? And if I want to take taxi from there to harbour bay ferry terminal how do I do it safely without getting chop carrot head and/or driven to a backalley and robbed?
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If i shopped in BCS,i probably carry lots of stuffs with me. Make no sense for myself to sweat all the way trying to get a taxi using Grab or GoCar,so i will just take a taxi from the respective mall's entrance.
If i am empty hand,i just ask my friend to order GoCar and walk to the nearest hotel entrance,eg Gideon Hotel, Batam City Hotel etc and then i wait (usually inside hotel).The trick is,my friend dont keep looking at her own phone or order these taxis upon arrival at those hotels. I confirmed the taxi order during the walk,get the car number and color of car before i reach pick up point (i tell driver my clothes color too).
Note : Sometime the Go-car number can be different tho
My trick of using online taxi,i just dont make it too obviously that i am using online taxi or be looking like one who does,hehehe... (eg, keeping looking on my mobile,talking over the phone in non-aircon places etc) Sometime i think those guys (both the drivers and passengers) only has themselves to blame when they are making it too obvious or in my own words, "making simple communication complicated".
I have no problem taking GoCar outside hotel entrance so far (maybe becos i dont use them all the time). Which includes, Swissbel,Zest, 9 Days, Formosa, DaVienna, Batam City Hotel, Gideon,...hmm...cant remember the rest.
* i havent use Grab,hehehe..
** some hotels i stayed in do pick me up from Malls for free